Archive for October, 2015

Your true colors are showing, A-Rod.New York Yankees star Alex Rodriguez slipped up during the live broadcast from Kauffman Stadium following Game 2 of the World Series, saying Yankees instead of Mets.The panel's reaction may have been the best part—most notably Pete Rose's facial expression.Read more New York Yankees news on [...]

New York Yankees starting pitcher Masahiro Tanaka has suffered a right elbow injury.
Continue for updates.
Tanaka Has a Bone Spur in Elbow Removed
Tuesday, Oct. 20
According to Mark Feinsand of the New York Daily News, Tanaka underwent surgery to remove a bone spur from his elbow Tuesday. The Yankees say the injury "was pre-existing, [...]

The New York Yankees were eliminated from postseason play Tuesday after falling to the Houston Astros, 3-0, in front of their home crowd, and general manager Brian Cashman took some time afterward to reflect on a deal that nearly materialized at this summer's trade deadline.
According to LoHud.com, Cashman told reporters the Yankees turned [...]

On Tuesday night, the New York Yankees embarked on their first postseason run since 2012. Surely they were hoping it would last long enough to see them through to championship No. 28.
Instead, it lasted about three hours, as the Yankees finally succumbed to an offensive slump that had been trying to kill them for the last two months.
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After two years away, the New York Yankees made their triumphant return to playoff baseball only to be shut out by Houston's Dallas Keuchel, losing 3-0 to the upstart Astros in front of a sellout crowd at Yankee Stadium.
It's a disappointing end for a team that led its division for much of the regular season but struggled down the stretch. Changes [...]

As the great Yogi Berra is attributed as saying, it's like deja vu all over again regarding the New York Yankees.
No, not because the Bronx Bombers made the postseason for the 52nd time in the 103-year history of the franchise and will play the Houston Astros in the American League Wild Card Game Tuesday night. Playoff baseball is more [...]

New York Yankees pitcher CC Sabathia won't pitch during the 2015 MLB playoffs after deciding to enter treatment at an alcohol rehabilitation center.
Sabathia released an official statement Monday to explain his decision, courtesy of the Yankees' official website:
Today I am checking myself into an alcohol rehabilitation center to receive the [...]

It took exactly 162 games to get here, but the matchup for the 2015 American League Wild Card Game is set. The Houston Astros will visit the New York Yankees for a do-or-die showdown on Tuesday (8:05 p.m. ET on ESPN) with a trip to the division series on the line.
The Yankees (87-75) haven't been to the playoffs since 2012, while the Astros [...]

Alex Rodriguez said they were underdogs, and for once we didn't laugh at the thought.
The New York Yankees as underdogs?
It's a crazy concept, given their $200 million-plus payroll and their history. It's fair to say the Yankees never should be underdogs to make the playoffs, but it's just as fair to say that this year they were.
And it's even [...]

Following a two-year postseason absence, the New York Yankees guaranteed they'll be playing playoff baseball in October again thanks to a 4-1 win over the Boston Red Sox on Thursday. The victory was also the 10,000th in franchise history.
According to the New York Times' Tyler Kepner, the game's final out was also historic:
With [...]